Garbage-bucket.



` No. 723,215. PATENTED MAR. 177, 1903. E. C. SEAMAN.

GARBAGE BUCKET.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 22, 1901.

H0 MODEL.

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ELIzABETI-I COCIIRANESEAMANOF NEW YORK,4 .N Y., AssIGNoR To THE IRON CLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., .A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. i

j GARBAGE-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,215, dated March 17, 1903. Application filed January 22, 1901. Serial No. 44,235. .(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH COCHRANF:

SEAMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage or Refuse Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates 'to garbage or refuse cans Iparticularly adapted for street use by street-cleaning departments; and the object of the invention is to` provide a can of such formation and with an improved construction of handle whereby it can be quickly and readily nested with cans of similar size and construction, so that a plurality of cans can be nested `without the sticking or wedging of tion of street refuse.

one within the other, and` thereby enable a large number of suchcans to be carried from point to point in one conveyance.

A further object of the invention is to provide a caniwith improved stops or stop-faces formed by the provision of improved handles and located in position to rest upon the topA or edge of another can.

In the drawings accompanying` and forming part `of this specification, Figure l is a side View of this improved can. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the can-body and of one handle secured thereto, and Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of a pair of the cans nested in such manner that the same canbe I readily separated.

Similar characters of' reference designate corresponding of the drawings.

SO far as I am aware, garbage or refuse cans so constructed that they can be readily nested when it was attempted to nest tapering cans parts in the different figures or receptacles they frequently became tightly wedged or stuck together, so that if 'they wele made of comparatively large' size and Ot' considerable weight it was ot'ttimes impossible to remove one from the other without considerable labor andmuch loss ot time, such cans wedging togetherin a similar manner to tableglasses, which although comparatively small frequently become so wedged thatit is almost impossible to separate them.

For practical use by street-cleaning departments it is necessary that a large number of cans be carried from point to point in one conveyance, and in order Vto do this a number of cans must be so nested that they can be readily disassembled without the necessity of working with the cans in order to accomplisli this end, which would require the employment of considerable labor as well as much loss of time, and consequently delay and expense. This result has been attempted by making the cans of different sizes. This, however, has not been found practicable,

`since in order to reassemble the cans it was Iirstnecessary that many hundreds be assorted, which'necessitated considerable loss of time. Aside from this, however, it follows that some of the cans must necessarily be ot less capacity than others, since the largest .can be no longer or larger than can be readily handled. The object of the present invention therefore is to provide a garbage or refuse can (ofttimes called an ash-cau?) of such construction and provided with such a 4form of handle that its companion cans may be of the same size and construction, and consequently of the same capacity, while all of such cans, whether assembled before or not, can be readily nested and disassembled without the sticking or wedgingof one relatively to another, and so that when nested a large number of cans may be carried iu a pile.

In that form of the improvement herein shown and described, and which may be its preferred form, if desired, the can 2, as also its companion cans, is made tapered from top to bottom and is provided with means constructed to act as stops or stop-faces, so that when a plurality of cans are nested they will be held apart with a space 3 between the bottoms and `the sides thereof, thereby to posil clined, Vwhereby they will act to center the tively insure a loose nesting of the same, and consequently prevent the sticking and Wedging of the cans, sometimes due to irregularities in construction as well as to other causes. This means in the present instance comprises a pair of improved stops shown in the form of handles 4, so constructed and located that they are in position to rest upon the top or edge of a companion can and `so form stops or stop-faces for positively insuring a loose nesting of the cans.

In the construction shown the handles are secured to the body of the can, preferably by riveting, and located in such a position that those portions thereof which act as stops or stop-faces will be in position to rest upon the top or edge of a companion can, such handles being preferably inclined, shown outwardly and upwardly, whereby they act to center the cans when nested. In the form shown the lugs or ears 5 of the handles project downwardly, although this need not necessarily be the case. Each handle is shown provided with one or more stop -faces 6, preferably formed above or adjacent to the junction of the lugs or ears with the extensions 7 of the grasping portion 8 of the handle, and consequently at the outer side of such lugs and in position to rest upon the top or'edge of another can, such surfaces 6 being shown incans when nested, and are of such length that even though the cans may be dented or jammed adjacent to such stops or be irregular in shape some part thereof will nevertheless engage the edge of a companion can.

The can in the form herein shown is provided with an interiorly-located band or hoop 9, riveted thereto, for reinforcing the upper edge thereof, such hoop or band having one or more reinforcing beads or ribs 10 thereon, shown herein as two in number, and one of which is in position to protect the upper edge of the can. If desired, this hoop might extend sufficiently far into the can to permit the handle ears or lugs to be riveted thereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A nesting garbage or refuse can, having tapered side Walls and provided with a plurality of handles, each of the said handles having lugs 5 for attaching the said handles to the can, an outwardly-projecting portion 7 and a swell or projection 6 intervening between the outwardly-projecting portion and the lugs.

ELIZABETH COOH KANE SEAMAN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD R. GILMAN, C. A. WEED. 

